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Silent Debate

Engage in a silent debate activity to enhance analytical essay writing skills. Explore key themes and characters with textual evidence from the novel. Develop structured body paragraphs with topic sentences.

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Silent Debate

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  1. Silent Debate • NO TALKING during this activity!! • Move around the classroom reading the statements on the posters • Consider the questions and write an answer in your own words using examples—No ‘I’ statements! • You can also respond to another students response

  2. Silent Debate Questions • Harper Lee wrote this novel to increase sympathy for black people living in the deep south in the 1930s. • Atticus should have refused to defend Tom Robinson for the sake of his family. • Boo Radley should just stand up against Nathan and leave the house. • Aunt Alexandra is right – Calpurnia is not a good role model for Scout. • Atticus should not have made an example of Mrs Henry Dubose as brave/courageous – Scout and Jem would be too young to understand his intentions.

  3. Writing Your Essay

  4. The Three Principals of Essay Writing • Your essay must cover the topic that you are talking about. • Your essay must have a central idea (started in your introduction and essay question) that governs its development. • Your essay must be organised so that every part contributes something to the reader’s understanding of the central idea.

  5. Essay Planning/ Writing… When writing an analytical or expository essay on a text you are aiming to show that you: • Can analyse and understand the topic • Can answer the question • Know the plot and characters • Know the themes, issues and messages well • Understand the topic in relation to the text, the characters and the themes • Can draw upon appropriate evidence from the text and use brief quotations which can support your argument

  6. Developing your Essay • Make sure that your notes are organised and that you are familiar with the text your are working with. • Make sure that your thesis statement/contention tells your reader what to expect and that you follow that central idea. • Ensure that the body of your essay shows evidence of your analysis…

  7. Textual Evidence Textual evidence includes: • Summary: When discussing events it might be necessary to include a brief summary of the main points. • Paraphrasing: When you need the details of the original but not necessarily the same words—in your own words. • Specific details: Give concrete support to the development of the central idea • Direct quotes: Ensure that you explain the relevance of the quote you have chosen and why they are significant. • ***Make sure that you REFERENCE!!

  8. When using quotes remember… • Context Sentence: • Explain where/when the quote/example occurs in the story and who is the speaker of the quote. • Example: Miss Maudie is very mature and has exceptional grammar. • State the quote: • Example: Scout thinks, “Her speech was crisp for a Maycomb county habitant” (57). • Significance of the Quote: • Explain HOW the quote SHOWS or PROVES the main idea of the paragraph. • Example: Since Miss Maudie is like Scout’s mom, by example Miss Maudie shows Scout how to speak like a lady. Scout used to speak immaturely, but now she speaks maturely.

  9. Examine some examples • Observe some example essays on TKM. • Identify the important points in the body paragraphs. • Discuss with a partner what makes the essay effective/ or not.

  10. 1-3-3 Mapping Exercise

  11. 6 Boxes Activity – cont. After choosing your essay question and writing down the headings for your paragraph you need to: • Make notes about how you will address these points. • Find appropriate quotes/ examples (using the correct referencing). • Begin to formulate ideas on how you will write your topic sentences for each paragraph.

  12. Write Your Topic Sentences • Formulate your ideas from the 6 boxes activity into creating 2-3 topic sentences that you would use in your essay. • Ensure that you use your planning well—your introduction should already tell you what you will discuss. Think about: • How will you introduce your idea? • How will you use the ideas formed in your introduction to structure the rest of your essay? • What evidence will you use?

  13. Topic Sentences & Body Paragraphs The Topic Sentence • Revisit your 1-3-3 web OR6 boxes activity to figure out which reason you should put as your body paragraph #1 topic sentence. Topic Sentence Example • Perhaps one of the best examples of courage shown by any character through the novel is that of Atticus Finch, the narrator’s father. • The use of transitional words • Once you have completed your topic sentence, turn to a partner to share what you have written.

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